单词 | underplay |
释义 | underplayn. 1. An underlying or hidden motion or action. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > hidden tendency or activity under-water1618 undercurrent1792 undertow1817 underplay1845 underswell1849 nigger in the fence1850 nigger in the woodpile1852 underflow1854 —— in the woodpile1857 undernote1857 undertone1861 underdrift1891 under-belly1962 1845 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1890) I. 63 The under-play of a living enthusiasm beneath the dry matter of the composition. 1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconformity 224 The king was a party to this underplay. 2. Cards. (See quot. 1863.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > specific discarding1592 facing1635 pull1715 lead1742 return1742 discard1778 solo1814 underplay1850 convention1862 force1862 showdown1870 unblocking1885 false-carding1923 passed hand1924 exit1934 reverse1936 loser-on-loser1947 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 21. 1863 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist (ed. 5) 42 Underplay is keeping up the winning card, generally in the second round of a suit, by leading a low card, though holding the best. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). underplayv. 1. reflexive. To play below one's ability. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (reflexive)] > play below one's ability underplay1733 1733 Ld. Harvey in Craftsman No. 376 No person is ever known to flatter at this game [sc. chess], by underplaying himself. 2. intransitive. To play a low card, though holding a high one of the same suit, in hope of later advantage. (Also used transitively.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics pass1599 pluck1606 pulla1625 to play high1640 to follow suit1643 to play at forsat1674 lead1677 overdrawc1805 stand1813 retract1823 underplay1850 to hold up1879 to throw in one's hand1893 build1901 build-down1983 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 21 To underplay, he wins the trick with the ace, and returns the small one. 1863 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist (ed. 5) 42 Experienced players frequently endeavour to obtain the entire command of their suit by underplaying. 3. Theatre. To underact (a part); to perform with deliberate restraint. Also figurative. a. intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > in specific manner to tear a (the) cat1600 to top one's part1672 to walk through ——1824 corpse1874 sketch1888 underplay1896 to play for laughs (also a laugh)1900 register1913 scene-steal1976 1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 16 Mar. (1965) I. 612 Waring..will not exactly fail: he will only underplay, and all the papers will treat him with great politeness. 1962 Movie Dec. 10/2 In Dawn Patrol we underplayed, dispensing with the emoting and ham-acting. 1975 New Yorker 17 Nov. 159/1 Tiant..did not have full command of his breaking stuff and was forced to underplay. b. transitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > act in specific manner misact1609 tragedize1755 overact1760 overplay1767 to walk through ——1824 underact1847 to play down to ——1880 routine1897 underplay1897 milk1921 ham1933 hoke1935 to camp it up1957 to play for laughs (also a laugh)1963 undercharacterize1970 1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 18 Dec. 712/1 No actor can possibly play leading parts of the first order six nights a week all the year round unless he underplays them, or routines them mechanically in the old stock manner. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? xi. 208 He came in quietly, under~playing the scene. 1976 Daily Tel. 11 Aug. 9/8 Whatever happened..to the amazing gift Mr Williams showed here for underplaying his lines?.. In the Hancock world..he let the character..speak. 4. figurative. To play down the importance of (something); to present less emphatically than usual. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 1949 M. Mead Male & Female v. 124 So among the Arapesh the six-year-olds are treated gently, their sex underplayed. 1965 New Statesman 16 Apr. 599/3 They slowly start approaching the peasants, buying provisions at high prices and..underplaying their communist identity. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon iii. 60 The others had tried to underplay my narrow escape, but she had heard them talk about it amongst themselves. 1980 Amer. Speech 55 120 Scargill's book underplays, to some extent, the influence of America on Canadian English. 1983 R. Scruton Aesthetic Imagination ii. 15 The point of under-playing intention is to insist on the public character of the aesthetic object. Derivatives underˈplayed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > underestimating or undervaluing > understated understated1937 underplayed1951 downbeat1953 1951 T. Sterling House without Door iii. 26 It was not much different from any other bar..but it had a kind of underplayed elegance which he liked. 1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse ii. 83 Davies' analysis of the controversy stressed the underplayed contributions of Nabarro and Baker. underˈplaying n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > understatement or underplaying diminution1303 meiosis1550 extenuation1589 liptote1589 meiosis1642 litote1645 litotes1656 understatement1799 underplaying1896 1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 16 Mar. (1965) I. 612 XYZ's underplaying will not hurt Janet. 1962 Listener 13 Dec. 1025/1 Kenneth More's easy underplaying adapts to the television screen much better than one might have thought. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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